Try getting some mite dust and fully dusting all chickens. Then try petroleum jelly and cover the entire leg. Try to keep it covered in it to suffocate the mites. When the mites get into the leg, they are really hard to get rid of. If they cripple the bird, about the only way to get rid of them...
My vet said that treating with the sulfa drugs (or sulfadimethoxine) for coccidia is fine for older chickens too. The sulfadrugs are used for intestinal infections, certain short lived bacterial infection, and is particularily effective at treating many of the protazoan in the digestive tract...
Any inflamation? Feel real well around joints, the hocks, crop area, and under the belly. Compare both sides of the body-- if there is inflamation I had the same problem. PM me for details if it applies.
Everyone, this is not a breed/color specific thing. A while back I had this happen to a young porcelain de uccle hen. She seemed to be feeling fine, but having neuroloical issues-- she was eating and drinking fine, but was way off balance. She was about the age described in all these other...
I have a white/black laced polish hen, a nice quality porcelain de uccle rooster, 3 black sex link hens, 2 bantam cochin roosters, a red sex link hen, and two easter egger hens. I am in want of some self blue or blue cochins!!!
They are porcelain d'Uccle bantams. Basically a variation of Mille Fleur d'Uccle, but they just don't seem to be as common. They are cream/lt blue colored.
They look almost identical to the hen in this link: http://www.dabarn.net/pdc2_jp50.jpg
They are just a bit younger (about 4 months old).
I...
I have two young porcelain pullets. Light blue and cream colored. One has a bent toe, but it was a deformity caused during hatching. Would be nice to make a trio out of them. So heres the deal. I am either looking for a nice porcelain rooster near greensboro NC, or I am open to selling the two...
I was in the market for some blue or splashed cochins in NC (preferably somewhere close to greensboro).
Also, I need a blue porcelain bantam rooster (I have two hens and no roos) Or if anyone has a roo and is in need of my two hens, i would be willing to sell or trade.
Any ideas?